Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant
The Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant is located at Flamanville, Manche, France on the Cotentin Peninsula. The power plant houses two pressurized water reactors (PWRs) that produce 1.3 GWe each and came into service in 1986 and 1987, respectively. It produced 18.9 TWh in 2005, which amounted to 4% of the electricity production in France. In 2006 this figure was about 3.3%. At the time, there were 671 workers regularly working at the plant.
| Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Centrale Nucléaire de Flamanville |
| Country | France |
| Location | Flamanville, Manche, Normandy |
| Coordinates | 49°32′11″N 1°52′54″W |
| Status | Units 1-2: Operational Unit 3: Under construction |
| Construction began | Unit 1: 1 December 1979 Unit 2: 1 May 1980 Unit 3: 3 December 2007 |
| Commission date | Unit 1: 1 December 1986 Unit 2: 9 March 1987 Unit 3: 2024 (scheduled) |
| Owner(s) | EDF |
| Operator(s) | EDF |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Framatome |
| Cooling source | English Channel |
| Thermal capacity | 2 × 3817 MWth |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 × 1330 MW |
| Make and model | Units 1–2: P4 REP 1300 Unit 3: EPR |
| Units under const. | 1 × 1600 MW EPR |
| Nameplate capacity | 2660 MW |
| Capacity factor | 60.08% (2017) 70.55% (lifetime) |
| Annual net output | 13,999 GWh (2017) |
| External links | |
| Website | Centrale nucléaire de Flamanville |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
A third reactor at the site, an EPR unit, began construction in 2007 with its commercial introduction scheduled for 2012. As of 2020 the project was more than five times over budget and years behind schedule. Various safety problems have been raised, including weakness in the steel used in the reactor. In July 2019, further delays were announced, pushing back the commercial introduction date to the end of 2022. In January 2022, more delays were announced, with fuel loading continuing until mid-2023, and again in December 2022, delaying fuel loading to early 2024.